Précis of the number sense

Mind and Language

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-36

  Dehaene, Stanislas ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

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EID: 0035256116     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00154     Document Type: Article

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